Network Q travels to Australia for Mardi Gras, a month-long LGBT cultural festival and pride event capped by a weekend of parties and the world-famous Mardi Gras parade. Featuring Susan Herben, President of the Mardi Gras Board; Ken Holmes from Aussie Boys; Michael Hannah of the Tool Shed; the swimming carnival at the Boy Charleton Pool; Jennifer Glass of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby; Sammi Shalom and the Marching Boys; drag performer Trudy Valentine; and many, many more Australians and visitors celebrating Pride down under. More coverage of Mardi Gras events: http://youtu.be/3tegwoGT9wE and http://youtu.be/KUnpqfJwPCs and http://youtu.be/lMOAN3v3fl8 From Network Q Out Across America Episode 30, May 1994. Watch the rest of the episode at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdga93I4JxjrZ0urs226RfJzEicAwkKCs Produced and directed by David Surber; Associate Producer Carol Morgan; Associate Producer/Australia Michael Raphael, camera and lighting by Louis Rodriguez; offline editor David Surber; online editors Gerald Brewer and Michael Turri; graphics by Kelly Lujan; post production :30 Second St., Ltd.; additional editing David Surber; incidental music from the Youtube audio library. Originally distributed via subscription on VHS tape; aired on public television in the US in 1995.
